On September 28, 2021, at 08.00 hours, Labour Minister Mr. Suchart Chomklin presided over the activities on the occasion of the Thai National Flag Day 2021. Assistant to the Labour Minister Mr. Surachai Chaitrakulthong, Secretariat to the Labour Minister Mr. Suthep Chitayawong, Permanent Secretary of Labour Mr. Suthi Sukosol, and the Ministry of Labour’s executives also joined the occasion around the flag pole in front of the Smart Job Center, Ministry of Labour. Mr. Suchart said that the Cabinet at the meeting on September 20, 2016, approved September 28 of every year as the Thai National Flag Day. It started on September 28, 2017, as the first day without being considered a public holiday. It requires that the Thai flag be hoisted and decorated on that day to create pride among the nation’s people and pay homage to His Majesty King Rama VI, who gave the tricolor flag as the Thai flag.
“The national flag is the highest symbol of the nation. The Thai flag originally came in many forms until the reign of King Rama VI, who was graciously pleased to enact a new Flag Act in B.E. 2460. At that time, Thailand joined World War I with the allied nations. Most of the flags had three colors. The Thai flag at that time was an oval shape, two parts wide, three parts long. It had a dark blue stripe, 1 part wide, which divided three parts of the flag’s width in the middle. There was a white stripe 1 part wide divided 6 of the flag’s width on each side, and there was a red stripe as wide as the white stripe on each side of the outer layer. The flag was called the “Tricolor flag.” Each of the flag’s colours had a meeting. Red meant the nation, that is, the people. White means religion, and blue means the King. The tricolor flag or Thai flag is considered the highest symbol of the nation. It is a reminder for young people to remember the sacrifice of their ancestors, to preserve the land and the hearts of the whole nation to be one. It symbolizes love and unity to promote pride in the nation and creates a great power for the development of the Thai nation,” concluded Mr. Suchart.
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Division of Public Relations
28 September 2021
